Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 46, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.46/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$112.46

46 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$5.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.05

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	493	115.50	569	22
Medium and Large 1	531	109.67	582	24

One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about −$13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

112.46

—

VA average10 barns · 1,534 hd

116.50

−4.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

21 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	618	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	815	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	133.39/cwt	125.00–142.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	561	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	645	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	112.24/cwt	107.00–114.00	437	4

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Mar 16, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 84Last week 107Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 46, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	105.00	105.00
1	—	655	119.00	119.00
2	—	540	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	119.00	119.00
10	—	461	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	100.00	100.00
1	—	670	84.00	84.00
4	—	418	90.00	90.00
18	—	556	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	537	114.00	114.00
9	—	460	122.00	122.00
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
2	—	635	100.00	100.00
4	—	389	107.00–114.00	112.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	135.00	135.00
4	—	553	156.00	156.00
8	—	529	154.00	154.00
2	—	410	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	134.00	134.00
2	—	573	125.00–142.00	133.39
2	—	643	98.00	98.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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